Dear Comrades,
D.G. Posts No. 09-01/2005-WS/PE.I dated 7th February, 2012.
The meeting of the Committee was held on 25th January, 2012 at 1100 hrs. in PLI Directorate. The meeting was attended by the following:
i) Shri S.K. Sinha, CGM, PLI -- Chairperson
ii) Shri V.P. Singh, DDG (Establishment)
iii) Shri Satish Kumar, Director (Finance)
iv) Mr. I.S. Dabas, General Secretary,
AIPEU Postmen & Group 'D'
v) Mr. T N Rahate, General Secretary,
NUPE Postmen & Group 'D'/MTS
vi) Mr. M. Krishnan, Secretary General, NFPE.
vii) Mr. D. Theagarajan, Secretary General, FNPO.
viii) Mr. K.V. Sridharan, General Secretary, AIPEU Group 'C'
2. The items assigned to the Committee as per the Terms of Reference were discussed at length as follows:
(i) Extraction of data entry work from Postmen:
The staff side agreed in Principle that the postmen had no objection in
performing the data entry work provided suitable time factor for this
element of work was allowed in their overall work load. In vie of this,
the staff side was assured that appropriate action would be taken to
evolve suitable time factor for data entry work by Postmen, keeping in
view the pattern of work flow on this account in the post offices. It
was agreed to finish this by 30th April, 2012. As some
Postmen find difficulty in data entry, I was agreed that necessary
training in this regard would be imparted to the Postmen.
(ii) Irregular computation of working hours for Postmen working in field units:
Referring to the norms of postal establishment issued by the Postal
Directorate vide F. No. 9-1/2005-WS-I/PE.I dated 5.2.2010, the staff
side drew attention to the point that after 6 months of the
implementation of revised norms, the CPMsG/PMsG were required to review
the impact of the new norms and send their feed back to the Directorate.
To this, the staff side was informed by DDG (Estt.) that the feed back
from majority of the Circles has already been received, and the exercise
with regard to assessing the impact of new norms is in process.
However, the staff side expressed its reservation on the following items
of revised norms for postmen establishment:-
a)
The staff side mentioned that the time factor of 0.42 minutes provided
for delivery of unregistered mail in multi-storied buildings (Sl. No. 2)
is inadequate and which needs to be further relaxed;
b)
The time factor of 2.00 minutes provided for delivery of Speed Post
Articles (Sl. No. 11) should be brought at par with the time factor
provided for Registered Mail, which is 2.50 minutes;
c)
It was insisted that some ways and means should be found out to work
out the time factor for door to door distance travelled by foot by the
Postmen;
d)
The time factor provided for travelling distance by foot and by bicycle
in the hilly & mountainous terrains of less congested area needs to
be relaxed in view of the extra physical efforts and time involved in
covering such areas. The staff side was informed that this aspect is
under consideration. On items (a) (b) & (c), it was agreed that the
matter would be looked into by the official side and a considered view
would be taken in the next meeting.
(iii) Removal of minimum cycleable distance for grant of Cycle maintenance Allowance of Postmen:
The staff side was informed that necessary orders for grant of Cycle
Maintenance Allowance irrespective of the distance covered by the
Postmen have been issued by the Directorate. In view of this , the staff
side agreed to close this item.
(iv) Scheme of payment of incentive to Postmen for delivery of Speed Post articles:
After discussion, it was decided that the CGM, Business Development and
Marketing Directorate would be requested to issue suitable instructions
to all the Circles to the effect that the all payments of Speed Post
delivery incentive bills pertaining to Postmen must be cleared by
31.3.2012.
(v) Minimum and maximum area of beat to be covered on foot/bicycle during duty hours: The staff side made the following points:
a)
A decision should be taken to decide the maximum beat length which a
Postmen is supposed to travel by foot or bicycle. To facilitate further
examination of this aspect, the staff side agreed to bring to the notice
of official side, some specific instances of every large beats covered
by the Postmen in some parts of the country.
b)
It was pointed out that the combination of beats being resorted to in
the post offices having 4+strength of the postmen should be removed.
After detailed discussion, a view emerged that combination of beats
should be resorted to only by exception as it adversely impacts the
delivery efficiency.
c)
It was pointed out by the staff side that Postmen face difficulty in
delivery of registered parcels weighing more than 5 kgms. each and EPP
articles for which maximum weight of 35 kgms. per articles has been
fixed. It was highlighted that either some reasonable rate and mode of
conveyance for delivering EPP articles should be fixed, or the rates of
coolie charges fixed in the past should be revised for efficient
delivery of registered parcel.
3. It was decided to hold the next meeting of the Committee on 5th March, 2012 at 1100 hrs. in PLI Directorate.
4. The meeting ended with Vote of Thanks to the Chair.
Sd/- (V.P. Singh) DDG (Estt.)